So crab, you think that ad blocking is "comparable to theft"!
Here is a confession: sometimes when I am watching free to air tv I mute the sound when the ads come on; when I used to use a VCR I would fast forward though the ads; and when an ad pops up on Pprune I ignore it.
According to you I would be a recalcitrant criminal.
I see nothing in the terms and conditions which says I have to pay any attention to the ads I see on this site.